MAAME by Jessica George, read by Heather Agyepong - audiobook extract
b"A blisteringly funny, heartbreaking novel about 20-something British Ghanaian Maddie as she grapples with identity, love, loss and becoming the woman she wants to be\\u2014for fans of Chewing Gum, Such a Fun Age and Queenie.\\n\\nMum calls me Maame. It has many meanings in Twi, but in my case, it means woman.\\n\\nMeet Maddie.\\n\\nTo her mostly absent mum, she's Maame, the woman of the family. To her dad, she's his carer\\u2014even if he hardly recognises her. To her friends, she's the one who still lives at home, who never puts herself first.\\n\\nIt's time to become the woman she wants to be.\\n\\nThe kind who wears a bright yellow suit, says yes to after-work drinks and flirts with a 30-something banker. Who doesn't have to Google all her life choices. Who demands a seat at the table.\\n\\nBut to put ourselves together, sometimes we have to fall apart....\\n\\nHeartbreaking, sharply funny and achingly relatable, Maame is an irresistibly fresh coming-of-age story with a heroine you'll never forget."